Summary
The Fixies — tiny helpers who live inside our machines — reveal how static electricity can make a balloon cling to a wall or pull your hair without touching it. A quick full episode (about 6 minutes) from the how-things-work cartoon, easy to drop into a science or STEM warm-up.
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All ages
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Discussion
This episode shows how static electricity can make a balloon cling to a wall or pull your hair without touching it.
- What made the balloon stick without any glue?
- What is static electricity?
- Where else have you seen static electricity, like a little zap or hair standing up?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: static electricity, charge, attract, cling, rub.
Try it: Rub a balloon on your hair, then hold it near small paper bits or a wall and watch what happens.